He is in a serious condition so fingers crossed that he is able to recover. One of my favourite actors.
EDIT... Fingers crossed for the unnamed female with him in the car during the accident. Her condition is unknown. Accident happened 11.30PM last night.
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BristolFlyer From United Kingdom, joined May 2004, 2143 posts, RR: 0 Reply 2, posted (4 years 10 months 2 weeks 5 days 23 hours ago) and read 1607 times:
RJdxer From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 4, posted (4 years 10 months 2 weeks 5 days 23 hours ago) and read 1583 times:
I hope he wasn't on his way to jump off the Tallahatchie bridge!
Finally got to watch the Bucket List the other night on dvd. What a great movie, it is now in my top ten list. Then saw him again in the Dark Night over the weekend.
Here's hoping he makes a full and complete recovery.
Virgin747LGW From United Kingdom, joined Mar 2007, 225 posts, RR: 0 Reply 5, posted (4 years 10 months 2 weeks 5 days 23 hours ago) and read 1560 times:
BBC are now reporting hes in a critical conditon, doesnt sound too good at the moment, although one report states he was talking to police and air ambulance after the crash
Nighthawk From UK - Scotland, joined Sep 2001, 4992 posts, RR: 38 Reply 6, posted (4 years 10 months 2 weeks 5 days 22 hours ago) and read 1518 times:
Quoting Virgin747LGW (Reply 5): BBC are now reporting hes in a critical conditon, doesnt sound too good at the moment, although one report states he was talking to police and air ambulance after the crash
Im afraid that doesnt really mean too much. My next door neighbour was involved in a seriously bad crash, when the ambulance arrived he was concious and talking to them. His heart later gave out 3 times and he had to be revived. He was very lucky to pull through.
KPDX From United States of America, joined Dec 2005, 2542 posts, RR: 3 Reply 7, posted (4 years 10 months 2 weeks 5 days 21 hours ago) and read 1399 times:
UPDATE: Freeman's rep confirms the actor broke his shoulder and arm, but expects him to make a "good" recovery.
MCOflyer From United States of America, joined Jun 2006, 8557 posts, RR: 14 Reply 9, posted (4 years 10 months 2 weeks 5 days 19 hours ago) and read 1350 times:
=Thank goodness hes okay. I have never seen such a good actor in my life.
STT757 From United States of America, joined Mar 2000, 16316 posts, RR: 52 Reply 11, posted (4 years 10 months 2 weeks 5 days 18 hours ago) and read 1276 times:
For all the success Morgan Freeman has enjoyed throughout his career, he still calls rural Mississippi home.
On this page there's some 60 minute episodes of celebrities and their homes, including Morgan Freeman and his wife at home on their Mississippi farm.
StasisLAX From United States of America, joined Jul 2007, 3270 posts, RR: 6 Reply 12, posted (4 years 10 months 2 weeks 5 days 17 hours ago) and read 1250 times:
What in the hell is someone as rich and talented as Morgan Freeman doing driving an 11 year old Nissan Maxima that belongs to a women (which the press has no information about, besides her name - and the hospital won't released her current medical condition - and who's definitely not Freeman's wife) in the middle of the night? The car was going fast enough that it became airborne, flipped over several times, and ended up in a ditch. The rescue team needed to use the "jaws of life" to get 71 year old Freeman and the woman out of the car.
The local police have immediately ruled out DUI of alcohol or drugs. That was quick...
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RJdxer From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 13, posted (4 years 10 months 2 weeks 5 days 16 hours ago) and read 1201 times:
Quoting StasisLAX (Reply 12): The car was going fast enough that it became airborne, flipped over several times, and ended up in a ditch.
That's not actually that hard to do if they hit dip or drainage ditch bump. If the ditch was substantial then going airborne would almost be unavoidable depending on the angle at which they entered. The article states he was lucid and laughing with the rescue squad so even though the car flipped he seems to have come through relatively unscathed. The first reports had him in critical condition so the condition of the car might also be a little overemphasised.
Mdsh00 From United States of America, joined May 2004, 4101 posts, RR: 9 Reply 14, posted (4 years 10 months 2 weeks 5 days 15 hours ago) and read 1179 times:
Quoting RJdxer (Reply 13): The article states he was lucid and laughing with the rescue squad so even though the car flipped he seems to have come through relatively unscathed. The first reports had him in critical condition so the condition of the car might also be a little overemphasised.
Not necessarily. As you know, a conscious patient doesn't mean a well patient. Many times it could even be a lucid interval of an Epidural Hematoma, or just an overload of epinephrine from the stress of the crash.
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AirCop From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 15, posted (4 years 10 months 2 weeks 5 days 14 hours ago) and read 1145 times:
Quoting StasisLAX (Reply 12): The local police have immediately ruled out DUI of alcohol or drugs. That was quick...
Whenever the police (in this case the Mississippi Highway Patrol) has to go out of state for evidence, (Blood) it makes the evidence difficult to get entered into court. The Oregon State Police would never come to our hospital in Crescent City, CA, to get a blood sample just for that it was a chain of custody problems, different rules in different states, etc, it was basically to much problems. Some of serious trauma patients were taken to a hospital in Oregon at being 115 miles away, we too wouldn't get the test done. Easier to say DUI ruled out or unknown.
Quoting Mdsh00 (Reply 14): Not necessarily. As you know, a conscious patient doesn't mean a well patient. Many times it could even be a lucid interval of an Epidural Hematoma, or just an overload of epinephrine from the stress of the crash.
Many times I encountered drivers at the scene that were lucid, but when asked what happen they didn't have a clue, until several hours later.
LTBEWR From United States of America, joined Jan 2004, 12365 posts, RR: 12 Reply 16, posted (4 years 10 months 2 weeks 5 days 14 hours ago) and read 1147 times:
Hope he will be ok. By the way, he holds a private GA license. He could have fallen asleep, was trying to avoid an animal, who knows what happened and it could happened to anyone.
SW733 From United States of America, joined Feb 2004, 6105 posts, RR: 10 Reply 18, posted (4 years 10 months 2 weeks 5 days 14 hours ago) and read 1129 times:
Glad to hear he's doing better.
What cracks me up is that he was driving a 1997 Maxima...could you imagine driving up next to an 11 year old Nissan and seeing Morgan Freeman driving it?
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STT757 From United States of America, joined Mar 2000, 16316 posts, RR: 52 Reply 21, posted (4 years 10 months 2 weeks 2 days 21 hours ago) and read 946 times:
It says they have been separated since December, so obviously this was not the cause.
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Many times I encountered drivers at the scene that were lucid, but when asked what happen they didn't have a clue, until several hours later.
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